We
communicate with texting, or we can get what we want with the push of a
microwave button, drive up windows for food and drink, or on the
computer with just one click and we can literally purchase just about
anything we want.

However, when designing, or decorating your home it still takes a lot of thought, and planning to achieve the design in the room, or home that you truly you want.

Lately
I have seen so many home decorators buy one piece for their home
without thinking of how it will relate to the whole context of the room,
or how it will marry to the homeowners individual style throughout the
rest of the home.

When
someone buys a piece that is out of context to the rest of the room,
and places it in the room, they will soon discover it just is not
working.

They
often will tend to try, and justify the purchase by trying to make it
work by adding more and more to the room , and making more purchases to
make this one new addition work in the room in their minds eye. (Does
this sound like anything you can relate too?)

The word juxtaposition
is thrown around by home decorators, especially when someone adds an
element that has absolutely nothing to do with the style, or design
aesthetics of the home, or the homeowners individual style or taste.

What I am about to show you is NOT an English lesson, but merely to explain the word juxtaposition

The definition of juxtaposition is…….

the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side; also: the state of being so placed

Function of Juxtaposition

Writers employ the literary technique of juxtaposition in order to surprise their readers and evoke their interest by means of developing a comparison between two dissimilar things by placing them side by side.
The comparison drawn adds vividness to a given image, controls pacing
of poem or a narrative and provides a logical connection between two
various vague concepts.

In the design world we have chosen to use the highlighted part of the definition of juxtaposition.

When
this practice is executed by a professional who knows what they are
doing, it is stunning, and something we all would like to emulate.

Where people fall into the pit of making huge
mistakes, and not spending their money well is when they go out, and
purchase the latest trend, and try to plop it down in their room.

When it doesn’t really work, they soothe their regret by saying, "I like the
juxtaposition of this piece with that piece." This will often make the
onlooker pause with a big Question mark on their face! The homeowner has
made a .........

Big Mistake!!!

Then they try to make it work by adding, and adding more of the same style of the misplaced piece , and we all know what happens then…..